File Structure: Course Data 2005–2008

File structure for statewide course data Including course enrollment, grade level, UC/CSU indicator, and NCLB core and compliant status, as well as assignment information including type of staff and time base.

File Name: assign05.dbf, assign06.dbf, assign07.dbf, and assign08.dbf

This file contains the course data by assignment code. This file is used to reference and match assignment codes to the staff demographics files and the assignment code file. Files must be from the same year to match staff identification codes (REC_ID).

Note: This file contains numerous records and must be viewed with a high powered database software (i.e., Access, Dbase, Foxpro, etc.). It cannot be viewed by a software that limits the number of records it can read (i.e., Excel).

Field Name

Field Type

Width

Description

REC_ID

Character

10

This code is the District Assigned Staff Identification Number (DASIN) reported by the district. The code assigned for one year may not be the same code assigned to the same staff member for another year. Therefore, the code cannot be used to match records over time.

CDS_CODE

Character

14

This 14-digit code is the official, unique identification of the school to which the staff member is assigned. The first two digits identify the county, the next five digits identify the school district, and the last seven digits identify the school. If a staff member works at more than one school, all data regarding the assignments will be shown at the school with the largest portion of assignments; this may result in small data anomalies.

This field indicates the percent of time certificated staff spends "on the job" devoted to each assignment. It does not represent "total" time spent on the job. See field PERC_TIME for total time on the job.

M_ENROLL

Numeric

4

Male enrollment in this class or course.

F_ENROLL

Numeric

4

Female enrollment in this class or course.

UC_CSU

Character

1

Course designated as meeting the
University of California (UC) / California State University (CSU)
requirements for admission. This field is coded as follows:

Y = Yes

N = No

Blank = No response

GD_LEV

Character

1

Grade level of majority of students in this class. This field is coded as follows:

A = Kindergarten through grade three

B = Grade four

C = Grade five

D = Grade six

E = Grade seven

F = Grade eight

G = Grade nine

H = Grade ten

I = Grade eleven

J = Grade twelve

K = Multiple grades, no majority (Kindergarten through grade eight)

L = Multiple grades, no majority (nine through twelve)

Blank = No response

PERC_TIME

Numeric

4

This field indicates the total percent of time certificated staff spends "on the job" devoted to this assignment. This percentage represents whether or not the certificated staff person is Full or Part time.

FTE

Float

8

This field indicates the full-time equivalent (FTE) time staff spends in this course.

CTYPE

Character

1

This field indicates the type of certificated staff. The field is coded as follows:

T = Teacher

A = Administrator

P = Pupil Services

NCLB_CORE

Character

1

This field indicates whether or not this class is a core academic class under No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The field is coded as follows:

E = Core Elementary Class

S = Core Secondary Class

N = Non-Core Class

Blank = Field is not relative to the assignment

NCLB_HQT

Character

1

This field indicates whether or not a teacher is NCLB compliant to teach the course. The field is coded as follows:

Y = Compliant on the basis of education and/or training

H = Compliant on the basis of High Objective Uniform State Standard Evaluation (HOUSSE)